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Annandale Campus Library Salutes 2020 Grads

May 13, 2020 / Our Nighthawks

The Annandale Campus Library wants to convey their good wishes to NOVA’s 2020 graduates! We have seen you come into the library in torrential rain, snow and in 100-degree weather. We’ve heard your calls from home with kids crying in the background, or your roommate playing loud music. We know it wasn’t easy – but … Continued

Annandale Campus Library Haiku Contest Winners

May 13, 2020 / General NOVA News

Thank you to all who participated in this year’s Annandale Campus Library “Socially Distant” Haiku Contest. Considering the “Socially Distant” aspects of this year’s contest, we are pleased that there were 17 entries (4 Student and 13 Faculty/Staff). The theme for this year’s contest was Nature/Seasons, which you will see wonderfully depicted in the winners’ … Continued

NOVA Continues Partnership with AWS Through Cloud Ambassadors

May 13, 2020 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

NOVA’s Provost for Information and Engineering Technology, Dr. Chad Knights, has been named to the Amazon Web Services’ Educate Cloud Ambassador Council. Also, Todd Rowley, NOVA board member and NOVA student, was selected as Student Representative to Amazon Web Services Cloud Ambassadors. On April 6th, Knights, was selected as a member of the 2020 faculty … Continued

What Is Mindfulness?

May 12, 2020 / HR News/Training

According to the Mayo Clinic, Mindfulness is a type of meditation in which you focus on being intensely aware of what you’re sensing and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgment. Practicing mindfulness involves breathing methods, guided imagery, and other practices to relax the body and mind and help reduce stress. Spending too much … Continued

Helping Nighthawk Students Soar with Navigate

May 12, 2020 / General NOVA News

Several Academic Deans have noticed the benefits that Navigate provides in connecting with students, facilitating communications and aiding in student success! Many thanks to Deans Evette Hyder-Davis (MA), David Epstein (WO), Alison Thimblin (WO) and Kat Hitchcock (LO) who hosted trainings for their faculty to learn more about the Navigate tool. The central advising team … Continued

Academic Affairs to Offer Transfer Webinar Series

May 12, 2020 / General NOVA News

NOVA’s Academic Affairs Office will be hosting a webinar series for NOVA faculty and staff on several transfer-related topics. Each webinar will be offered twice and recorded for those who cannot join; these recordings will be posted to the Academic Affairs Canvas Site. We will offer these webinars again just before the beginning of the … Continued